May 26 During Watergate, it was country first, party second. What about now? By Daniel Bush The Comey firing and Russia investigations form a case study of the massive shifts in U.S. politics and media since the early 1970s. Continue reading
Nov 01 Fred Thompson, former U.S. senator and actor, dies at 73 By News Desk Fred Thompson, a former U.S. Senator and Republican presidential candidate, as well as a film and television actor, died Sunday, his family said. Continue reading
Aug 08 Watch Shields and Brooks on Iraq reluctance, Nixon's legacy By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s top news, including U.S. airstrikes against the Islamic State militant group in Iraq, how Americans are grading President Obama’s foreign policy performance,… Continue watching
Aug 07 Watch How Nixon tested the U.S. government and changed its relationship to the American people By PBS News Hour Interest in the character and legacy of President Richard Nixon has endured 40 years since his resignation. Judy Woodruff joins Beverly Gage of Yale University, Timothy Naftali of New York University, Patrick Buchanan, author of "The Greatest Comeback" and Luke… Continue watching
Jun 26 Remembering Howard Baker, whose famous question embodied the Watergate hearings By Connie Cass, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Howard Baker's question sliced to the core of Watergate: "What did the president know and when did he know it?"… Continue reading
Jun 17 Watch 40 years after the fall, revisiting Nixon in 'Washington Journal' By PBS News Hour In the 1975 book “Washington Journal: Reporting Watergate and Richard Nixon’s Downfall,” author Elizabeth Drew examined the players and the political upheaval behind Nixon’s fall from power. Now nearing the 40th anniversary of Nixon’s resignation, this classic piece of political… Continue watching
Nov 21 Jim Lehrer recounts when he heard Kennedy had been shot EmbedVideo(8046); On Nov. 22, 1963, Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer were two reporters covering a presidential visit. MacNeil was a White House correspondent for NBC News. Lehrer was working the federal beat as a reporter for the Dallas Times-Herald. Continue reading
May 17 Watch Shields and Brooks on Government Scandals, Remembering Watergate Shields and Brooks on Government Scandals, Remembering Watergate… Continue watching
May 17 A Look Back at the Senate Watergate Hearings EmbedVideo(6481, 482, 304); The Watergate hearings began on May 17, 1973. Public Television aired all 250 hours of testimony that summer. Here are some of the highlights. Video edited by Justin Scuiletti The Watergate scandal began with a… Continue reading
May 16 Watch 16:07 Covering Watergate: 40 Years Later With MacNeil And Lehrer By PBS News Hour On May 17, 1973, Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer launched public broadcasting's gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Senate Watergate hearings. Forty years later, the two recount their memories after some of the more gripping moments and how their partnership changed not… Continue watching